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​Appeals
Deadline for Filing a Protest with the Appraisal Review Board

Not later than Monday, May 15, 2023 (or within 30 days after a notice of appraised value was mailed to you whichever is later).

Late protests are allowed for good cause if you miss the usual deadline. The protest must be turned in with the request for a late protest form and the ARB will decide if you have good cause based on the responses on the form along with evidence documenting the good cause.

​Late protests are not allowed after the ARB approves the appraisal records for the year which usually happens around the middle of July.

Please note that when filing a protest for either Market or Equity that the only value an appraiser can set is the Market Value. Appraisers do not set the homestead capped value, assessed value, entity tax rates, etc...
Step 1: File Your Protest
(4) Options to file
Option 1:
​Online Appeal (eFile)​
(No Longer Available for 2023)
Option 2:
Late Protest
(No Longer Available for 2023)
Option 3:
​Mail Late Protest Form
(No Longer Available for 2023)
Option 4:
​Late In-Person Drop Off (Appraiser meeting not available for Late Protests)
(No Longer Available for 2023)
This option will both file your protest and facilitate your online informal meeting. You will create an account on our eFile system and be able to upload your documents along with getting an electronic settlement offer from our appraisers.
This option will electronically submit your protest form along with any evidence you upload. You do not create an account and will not have access to the eFile system for protest resolution. If requested on the form you will be schedule for an informal over the phone, email, or mail.
This option you will mail in your protest form. You can either send in the form you received with your notice or you can download the form linked here.
This option you will drop your protest form off at the appraisal district office. Dropping off the protest form at the office does not guarantee that an appraiser can talk with you on that day though as the spots to talk with an appraiser in person are very limited.
Step 2: Submit Evidence for Your Protest
(4) Options
If you did not provide evidence when you filed your protest form then you need to submit that now. If no evidence is submitted then your value will be set by comparing your property to comparable market sales and adjusting the market value of your property accordingly. The appraiser cannot adjust your value for condition issues without evidence showing those condition issues. Every year you must provide new evidence of any condition issues that persisted after January 1st of that year and any conditions repaired prior to January 1st will not be considered.
Option 1:
eFile Protests Only
(eFile must use this option)
Option 2:
Evidence Upload
Option 3:
Mail in Evidence
Option 4:
Drop the Evidence Off at our Building
This option is only available to protests that were submitted through the eFile system. Log back into the portal and upload your evidence. You will start on Step 6 of the how to eFile document to the right
This option will allow you to upload documents and evidence using our online form. This information will be added to your protest.
This option you will need to mail your evidence to us. Please use the address to the right and make sure to let us know the address or account number that your evidence is for.
This option you can drop your evidence off at our building 24 hours a day. When we are open you can drop it off at the front counter on the first floor or you can drop it in one of our two drop boxes located on the parking lot side of the office anytime.
Our Address:
Brazoria County Appraisal District
500 N Chenango
​Angleton, TX  77515
Our Address:
Brazoria County Appraisal District
500 N Chenango
​Angleton, TX  77515
Step 3: Await Response
If you requested an informal conference on your protest form then an appraiser will contact you regarding any settlement offers that can be made based on the evidence you submitted and the sales/equity in your neighborhood depending on what you choose to protest.

If you did not request and informal conference an appraiser may still send out a settlement offer to you while getting your protest setup for the appraisal review board hearing if they determine it is warranted. Due to the volume of protests though this review may not always be available.

If you agree and return a settlement offer that is presented to you then the protest will be closed out at that settlement amount and your protest will be over for this year. If you do nothing, even if you agree, then your value will not be changed from the notice value and you will be setup to go before the appraisal review board. If you do not show up to your appraisal review board hearing then your protest will be closed out and your value will stay at the notice value.

Please note that a response may take as much as a few months before you hear anything from us. We usually receive between 50k to 65k protests each year so it can take us awhile to respond to each of them. Our appraisers do the best that they can though to respond to you as quickly as possible. 
Step 4: Attend Your Formal Hearing
If you choose to forgo an informal conference or did not agree with the settlement offer that was given then you will be scheduled for a formal hearing. This meeting notice will be sent to you based on how you answered the question on the protest form (Mail, Certified Mail, or Email).

​Make sure that you attend this meeting as not doing so will close your protest at the notice value. If you decide to accept any settlement offers which have been given then you need to return them to the appraiser prior to your scheduled hearing.